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Campus Profile Sept 2018.Indd CAMPUS PROFILE AND POINTS OF DISTINCTION campus profileOCTOBER 2018 CAMPUS PROFILE AND POINTS OF DISTINCTION At the University of California San Diego, we constantly push boundaries and challenge expectations. Established in 1960, UC San Diego has been shaped by exceptional scholars who aren’t afraid to take risks and redefine conventional wisdom. Today, as one of the top 15 research universities in the world, we are driving innovation and change to advance society, propel economic growth, and make our world a better place. UC San Diego’s main campus is located near the Pacific Ocean on 1,200 acres of coastal woodland in La Jolla, California. The campus sits on land formerly inhabited by Kumeyaay tribal members, the original native inhabitants of San Diego County. UC San Diego’s rich academic portfolio includes six undergraduate colleges, five academic divisions, and five graduate and professional schools. BY THE NUMBERS • 36,624 Total campus enrollment (as of Fall 2017); • 16 Number of Nobel laureates who have taught the largest number of students among colleges on campus and universities in San Diego County. • 201 Memberships held by current and emeriti • 97,670 Total freshman applications for 2018 faculty in the National Academy of Sciences (73), National Academy of Engineering (84), • 4.13 Admitted freshman average high school GPA and National Academy of Medicine (44). • $4.7 billion Fiscal year 2016-17 revenues; • 4 Scripps Institution of Oceanography operates 20 percent of this total is revenue from contracts three research vessels and an innovative Floating and grants, most of which is from the federal Instrument Platform (FLIP), enabling faculty, government for research. students, and researchers to address our planet’s • $1.16 billion Research funding secured during most pressing environmental challenges within fiscal year 2016-17 to support research in all fields. a cutting-edge mobile laboratory. In 2016, the One of the nation’s 10 largest centers for science, Navy-owned R/V Sally Ride became the newest engineering, and medicine, UC San Diego’s addition to the Scripps Fleet and is considered research funding has surpassed $1 billion four one of the most technologically advanced times in the past six years. oceanographic research vessels in the world. • 7% Total educational appropriations from the • 30 Campus structures are equipped with solar State of California; yet a small investment in panels and more than a dozen buildings are LEED UC San Diego results in significant impact to the certified; wireless sensors are situated across region’s economy, workforce and businesses. campus to determine the best time to gain and expend energy; and more than half of the campus • 60% Percentage of undergraduate students who community utilizes alternative transportation. received some form of financial aid in the 2016-17 academic year. Economic Impact • 9,780 Number of undergraduate and graduate • #1 UC San Diego is the largest employer based in degrees conferred in 2017. San Diego County with 34,448 full and part-time • 189,000+ Number of undergraduate and academic and staff employees (as of April 2017). graduate of UC San Diego alumni worldwide; • 1,000+ Number of companies that utilize or have 67.7 percent live in California, with 26 percent utilized technology produced at UC San Diego. in San Diego County, contributing income, payroll, property, and sales taxes to the region. 1 • 440 Number of active UC San Diego-related • $1.64 billion Total combined endowment for companies located in California. the campus as of fiscal year 2017-18, managed by the UC San Diego Foundation and the • 29,200 Direct jobs attributable to active UC Regents. UC San Diego-related companies. • 2,500+ In 2017, the UC San Diego Office of GLOBAL AND NATIONAL RANKINGS Innovation and Commercialization managed more than 2,500 inventions and more than 550 Campus Accolades intellectual property agreements. • #1 for Positive Impact In 2018, Washington • #2 Patent Producer UC San Diego is second in Monthly named UC San Diego the best public the University of California system for the highest university in the nation for contributions to number of U.S. patents issued in 2016. In fiscal social mobility, research and public service. year 2017, UC San Diego was issued 103 patents UC San Diego has topped the rankings eight and launched 19 startups — becoming the top times over the past nine years. University of California campus for number of companies started. • Changemaker Campus UC San Diego was designated as a Changemaker Campus in 2017 • $32.4 billion Total estimated annual sales by Ashoka U for its role as a leader in social of active UC San Diego-related companies in innovation education. Only 40 universities around San Diego County, including those utilizing the world have received this designation and licensed technology. UC San Diego is the first University of California • $80 million The amount of wages that our campus to be recognized. region’s algae biotechnology industry generates • 1st for Women Graduates in STEM According each year according to a 2014 study conducted to a study by BestColleges.com, UC San Diego by the San Diego Association of Governments is 1st in the nation for enrolling and graduating (SANDAG). The industry, which is integrally tied the most women with majors in science, to collaborative research driven by UC San Diego’s technology, engineering, and math (STEM). California Center for Algae Biotechnology, has In addition, UC San Diego’s proportion of STEM fostered approximately 1,020 jobs, contributing graduates is three times the national average. over $175 million to the San Diego economy. • Top Research Output UC San Diego was ranked • 26th in the World for Alumni Venture Capital 6th in the nation for total research output by the Funding UC San Diego is ranked 26th among journal Nature in their 2014 index. The university the top 50 universities in the world for producing also currently ranks 5th in the nation for total venture capital-backed business founders. The research and development expenditures by the ranking by Pitchbook Data, Inc., a venture capital National Science Foundation (NSF). data provider, is based on funding acquired between 2009 and 2014 — during that time, • 5th Best Public University in the World 91 UC San Diego alumni entrepreneurs received UC San Diego was named the fifth best public $740 million in investment capital. university across the globe by Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings. In its 2018 Private Support report, the London-based publication named UC San Diego 20th in the U.S. and 31st globally. • $312.9 million UC San Diego celebrated a 17 Times also ranked UC San Diego the world’s percent increase in charitable giving during fiscal top “Golden Age” university in the world in 2017 year 2017-18. These funds contribute to the $1.6 among institutions that were founded between billion raised so far as part of the Campaign for 1945 and 1966. UC San Diego, a $2 billion effort to transform the campus, the student experience, and ultimately • Top 15 Best Public University in the Nation the way humanity approaches problems and For more than a decade, U.S. News & World Report develops solutions. has included UC San Diego among the nation’s 2 top 15 public universities. In the 2018 U.S. News Transforming Health Care & World Report Best Colleges guidebook, UC San Diego ranked 12th best public university • Ranked Nationally Among Best Hospitals in the nation and 41st best university in the UC San Diego Health and six of its medical and U.S. among more than 300 public, private and surgical specialties have been recognized as for-profit institutions. The UC San Diego Jacobs among the best in the nation by U.S. News & School of Engineering’s undergraduate program World Report for 2018-19. The rankings also was ranked 12th in the category for engineering named UC San Diego Health 2nd regionally and schools that award doctorates. 7th in California among adult hospitals. • 12th in the Nation for Scientific Impact • Top 20 in the Nation The UC San Diego School of UC San Diego was named 11th best research Medicine was named the 22nd best in the nation university in the nation and the 29th best among research-intensive programs in US. News college in the world by the Centre for Science & World Report’s 2018 Best Graduate Schools and Technology Studies of Leiden University’s Guidebook. The school was also ranked 17th in 2018 list that measured scientific impact of the primary care category. universities worldwide. • Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality In 2018, • Among the Top 20 Best Universities in the World UC San Diego Health was named a “Leader in In the prestigious 2018 Academic Ranking LGBTQ Healthcare Equality” by the Human Rights of World Universities released by the Center Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational for World-Class Universities at Shanghai arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, Jiao Tong, UC San Diego was ranked the 15th transgender, and queer civil rights organization. best university in world. U.S. News and World • “Top Docs” More than 100 physicians from Report named UC San Diego the 16th best UC San Diego Health were named “Top Docs” university in the world and the nation’s 5th best in the 2018 San Diego Magazine “Physicians of public university in 2017 for research, global Exceptional Excellence” annual survey. These and regional reputation, and international physicians represent 48 diverse specialties, from collaboration, as well as a number of highly- infectious disease, surgery, and oncology to cited papers and doctorates awarded. In obstetrics, cardiology, and emergency medicine. addition, the Center for the World University Rankings named UC San Diego the 20th best • Top 100 In 2017, UC San Diego Health was university in the world, 16th in the U.S.
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